Boba Fett is a character in Star Wars. He is the legal son and genetic twin of Jango Fett, and in the movies is a bounty hunter hired by the Empire and Jabba the Hutt to track down and capture Han Solo and Chewbacca. He appears in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, The Star Wars Holiday Special and in the Special Edition of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.
Piracy is robbery committed at sea (or sometimes on the shore) by an agent without a commission from a sovereign nation. One who commits piracy by engaging in robbery, pillaging, or plundering at sea is known as a pirate. While boats off the coasts of South America and the Mediterranean Sea are still assailed by pirates, the advent of the United States Coast Guard has nearly eradicated piracy in American waters and the Caribbean Sea. Historically pirates have never looked this good!
The name Shrek is taken from the Yiddish word pronounced Shreck meaning 'fear', 'terror', or (in its closest sense) 'fright', and the German "Schreck" with the same meaning. Shrek or Schreck is also a very common start to last names in Eastern Europe. This film is number 3 on Bravo's 100 Funniest Movies. Shrek was also ranked second in a Channel 4 poll of the 100 greatest family films, losing out on the top spot to E.T.
Princess Leia Organa Solo (born Leia Amidala Skywalker) is a character in Star Wars. Leia was born in the midst of chaos with her older twin brother Luke, to former Queen turned Senator Padmé Amidala of Naboo and fallen Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker. She held a seat in the Imperial Senate, where she secretly played a large role in the Rebel Alliance. Leia is also the only Skywalker twin to have any memory of their mother.
Commander of the legendary and accursed ship The Black Pearl, his real name was Jack Smith before he became Captain Jack Sparrow! Jack was at one point employed by the East India Trading Company, but after refusing to transport slaves he was branded a pirate. Jack came to embrace his outlaw status and became a very successful pirate.
Obi-Wan "Old Ben" Kenobi is a character in the Star Wars. He is one of the most prominent characters in the Star Wars saga, and along with Anakin Skywalker, R2-D2, and C-3PO one of the few major characters to have appearances (in some form or another) in each of the six Star Wars films. He was portrayed in Episodes I-III by Ewan McGregor, and in Episodes IV-VI by Sir Alec Guinness.
Anakin Skywalker is a character in Star Wars. He is one of the protagonists of the Star Wars story. In the prequel trilogy, Anakin is a Jedi Padawan trained by Obi-Wan Kenobi and later a Jedi Knight, and serves as the primary hero of those films before his turn to the dark side and conversion to Sith Lord Darth Vader. He is the father of Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa.
The name Shrek is taken from the Yiddish word pronounced Shreck meaning 'fear', 'terror', or (in its closest sense) 'fright', and the German "Schreck" with the same meaning. Shrek or Schreck is also a very common start to last names in Eastern Europe. This film is number 3 on Bravo's 100 Funniest Movies. Shrek was also ranked second in a Channel 4 poll of the 100 greatest family films, losing out on the top spot to E.T.
Trinity was the first officer on the Zion hovercraft Nebuchadnezzar. Her "birth" name is unknown, but while inside Trinity had made herself as a local legend in the illusory hacking community of humans living in the Matrix for hacking into the Internal Revenue Service database. Based on Neo's recollection on first meeting Trinity, most people mistake Trinity's reputation as being a male.
Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas is a 1993 Academy Award-nominated, stop motion animated musical film about the inhabitants of Halloween Town who take over Christmas, directed by stop-motion animator Henry Selick. The film is loosely based on drawings and a poem by Tim Burton, and he served as co-producer. He did not direct the film as is sometimes believed (he turned it down so he could direct Batman Returns) but he was heavily involved.